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Blue Hawk or Hen Harrier
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Blue Hawk or Hen Harrier

Date1828
Engraver Alexander Lawson
Publisher Charles Lucian Bonaparte (1803 - 1857)
After work by Alexander Rider
Publisher Henry Charles Carey (1793 - 1879)
Publisher Isaac Lea (1792 - 1886)
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period color
DimensionsOH: 14 5/8" x OW: 11 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,38
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Drawn from Nature by A. Rider./ Blue Hawk or Hen Harrier./ 12/ Falco Cyaneus./ Engraved by Alexander Lawson."
Label TextCharles Lucian Bonaparte (1803-1857), "American Ornithology, or, The Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson : with figures drawn, engraved, and coloured, from nature," Volume II (Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828).